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med61rus – :
This is the scent I gave my husband when we were first dating. I’ve always loved it and couldn’t wait to give it to him so he’d wear it. Super sexy woods and spice, never cloying or harsh. Everyone in his office loved it, including men.
He doesn’t wear scent often but when he does….this does it for me, Yummy!
kot_bars – :
to me it is without a doubt the best woody fragrance out there especially after Gucci Rush being discontinued, you can find it between 70 to 80 on many discounters, its a calming almost meditating aroma and not being a overwhelmingly performer is part of its charm, not everyone’s cup of tea as most ppl want every type of perfume to project like hell, to me its like something you wanna smell during some hot sex or an illuminating trip on lsd.
ytp393intitytek – :
This is a classic and I see why now! I’ve been wearing my sample over a month long period and it never ceases to amaze me! This is beautiful. VERY sandalwood-centric, with the other notes either just supporting or adding little nuances, but the sandalwood is the main player here.
The supporting notes I get the most that make this unique are the peppery notes, the cedar, cypress, and vetiver. They are not necessarily able to be smelled on their own, but you can tell they are adding to this beautiful sandalwood fragrance. Very nice sillage and incredible longevity. The sillage is moderate to low, just a soft little bubble right around you. And the longevity is in the 8-12 hr range. I usually have horrible results with most fragrances in the sillage and longevity dept, as my skin must be very dry or not allow fragrances to bloom. But this is incredible performance for me.
This reminds me a bit of another favorite of mine, Encre Noir a l’extreme but with sandalwood being the main player instead of the vetiver/cypress combo. Also Tam Dao is very similar to this, with WonderWood being a little richer and fuller, Tam Dao a little drier and thinner.
I think something a LOT of people that are rating this poorly or are confused as to why they can’t smell it or hate it, isn’t because it’s a poor fragrance or has poor performance. ITboa said it way below best. This has a strong synthetic that a lot of perfumers use called Javanol. It’s a sandalwood like note that is very strong and lasts forever that a lot of perfumers use to make sandalwood fragrances as almost all real ingredients are too expensive and not used much anymore, especially real sandalwood! And as ITboa stated, certain people can smell Javanol and it is SUPER strong to them and they like it. While others are completely anosmic to it. And others get a headache or sneeze from it. So saying this fragrance has poor longevity or sucks or smells nasty is incorrect. It is in fact VERY strong, and smells amazing, just not to you.
Too many people forget that our skin chemistry and the synthetics and natural notes used in fragrances are varied and different and not everyone will smell every single fragrance the same nor will it perform the same. But that doesn’t mean it’s a horrible fragrance or has poor performance. That’s just plain ignorance on your part. It’s fine if you don’t like it on your skin, that is your opinion. But to make claims that it sucks or is horrible without stating “for me on my skin” is just obtuse and uneducated.
This is actually wearable in any weather other then hot. And I could see this being worn by not just men, but women as well. This is a fantastic fragrance and will most definitely be buying a FB of this sooner then later!
Active14 – :
I’m getting more vetiver than I expected from the voted notes, but that’s alright with me. Plenty of tar and resin as opposed to the cut-up planks I was hoping for, but it’s not heavy enough to be overpowering. Thankfully, I’m not getting any oud. If Encre Noire is pitch black, this is medium brown. Unisex(y).
serg78 – :
I received a sample of Wonderwood from Luckyscent. I really like this one. From the start is smells really nice. A great Fresh cedar scent. Smells like woody with pepper. A coworker complimented it as “Pretty”.
b-broker – :
I can’t believe the variety of views on this one, so I will lay it down for you, once and for all.
It’s strong, powdery, musty and warm with incense, black pepper, vetiver and cedar wood (pine). If you are not getting these accords then you have been ripped off. I suggest you go to Harrods/House of Fraser and try it.
It goes through 3 distinct phases, the last phase being the most gorgeous. If you are new to fragrances then purchase this and marvel at the top, heart and base notes over 24 hours.
I wore this everyday for years when it first came out and I remember how great it still smelt on my clothes the day after and even on my skin after showering.
I will forgive some of the comments if it turns out the formula has changed, but IMHO this is an awesome fragrance and one of the best, longest lasting, most unique creations out there that every fraghead should own.
Neophyte – :
Loads of very generic soapiness. Overall a rather conventional and boring masculine fragrance.
ensiferum3 – :
Nice, but a bit boring.
This scent reminds me of Boss In Motion Blue. It has the same focus on citrus/lemon, and gets a bit creamy and musky in the dry down.
Maybe I’ll try it again later on.
6,5/10
lni313bedyWelty – :
Barely there. There’s really no point in spraying this on, no one will be able to tell you are wearing anything – not even you. Complete waste of money.
mir_forever – :
Wonderwood is one of the best woody scents you can find – rich and complex with great sillage – my girlfriend can smell when I spray it in the next room – that can be divisive for compliments from those who are nearby: it can be somewhat of a ‘Marmite’ perfume. Wonderwood is definitely not suitable for office or formal environments due to incredible potency but it’s comforting and intriguing for a cold winter day/night.
Janecasinos – :
Reading some of the reviews I am honestly shocked at people claiming such poor performance/longevity, as this stuff is nuclear to my nose. And it is one of the extreme rare fragrances that people I worked with actually noticed and commentated on because it was so strong (and I had applied lightly too). 1-2 sprays even under clothes for me will project heavily for 5-6 hours with a monster sillage, and will be quite noticeable for at least 20-24 hours on skin.
I think that is due to the heavy use of Javanol (one type of synthetic Sandalwood), which is one of those fragrance molecules that many people seem to be asnomic to. Similar to Iso E Super in Molecule 01 (or more accurately, Iso Gamma Super), some people can smell it very clearly, while others cannot smell it at all. Some people claim absurd strength, while others claim to be ripped off with lightly scented alcohol that fades in minuets. Even Molecule 04, which is pure Javanol, some people just cannot smell it very well or at all, and think they got ripped off. But for me it is one of the strongest fragrances I own.
I am one of the people that can smell both molecules very easily, but Javanol is simply INSANELY strong to my nose. Just doing one spray of Wonderwood or even Molecule 04, and that scent will linger on for days if not weeks on clothes (I can even smell it on clothing after being washed, multiple times). And off skin, it will fill rooms and large areas of buildings effortlessly with the sillage.
Wonderwood heavily utilizes Javanol, so if you are asnomic to that molecule (wholly or partly), then this would probably seem like a very poor performing fragrance to your nose or other noses that are also asnomic to it. But believe me, people who can smell that molecule will be almost overwhelmed by it’s powerful scent even if applied very lightly.
irishkaaa02 – :
My original review is somewhere below, but I couldn’t help but writing this. The other day I discovered a great relative to Wonderwood, and I could not add it to “reminds me of” section because it’s already full (most of them have distant similarity), like Encre Noire, what’s it doing there I will never know. Anyway. If you like Wonderwood, just give it a try to Atkinsons Big Bad Cedar! It’s practically Wonderwood without pepper and vetiver but heavy on cedar and oakmoss on drydown. There’s no real alternative to WW or WO for that matter, but Big Bad Cedar comes close to give the same vibe.
flaber – :
The opening is cedar wood which quickly wains and then the wood notes and aromatic note comes through. A nice little bit of kick from the black pepper and vetiver. I wish there was more kick!
I’m a fan of wood scents and although this is nice that’s about it. Very unisex and I’d be happy wearing it but if Im honest it’s a bit boring.
Rubbish longevity and the sillage retreats very quickly. I have sadly found this with too many CdG scents. A real shame as they start with great promise.
loginovevgenii – :
Wonderwood put back a smile on my face many years after Gucci Rush was gone. It’s a beautiful fragrance on it’s own, but the remembrance is inevitable and always will remain. The same thing will not happen to me twice, so I’ve stocked up enough bottles for the rest of my life. And if that is not enough I have some of Wonderoud as well just in case.
Norrerssona – :
I came here thinking that I was going to write something, but the reviewer right below me literally wrote everything I had to say!
Summary:
-is there any wood?
-black pepper bomb
-poor performance
No relationship to Tam Dao! This is peppery and Tam Dao has no pepper. Tam Dao is very woody, and Wonderwood has no wood. They are opposites, there is no comparison.
Sas-Blend – :
The first thing I noticed is the black pepper, which is actually quite pleasant if only because its the one time in my life its not accompanied by earthshaking sneezes. While still noticeable through the duration it gives way in about 30 minutes to the woody notes that are oh so good. The woodiness I believe is dominated by the Cedar and I did not notice much of the agarwood or sandalwood. At the very end there is just a touch of oakyness as the perfume fades completely. I love it, it makes me want to step outside into a forest. It does not last an awful long time though.
breeshyqueesK – :
All occassions perfection and a dry wood-bomb masterpiece from Comme des Garcons. This perhaps my 2nd all time favorite after CdG Wonderoud, so I consider both as my signature scents. A slightly more expensive relative would be Dyptique’s Tam Dao.
The vetiver, incense, pepper and woods on this one are just so amazing, that makes the perfect masculine woody scent made ever IMO.
When I feel like it’s too dry, I just spray one or two Azzaro Visit or alike, and voila you have the same perfection with a little sweetness.
I can write a novel praising the Wonderwood, so I’ll cut it short. The only downside is that prices going up every year, and this is not an easy find on discount.
Performance is very satisfying – even though some say it’s underperforming – I respectfully disagree. Wonderwood might create olfactory fatigue, and especially on clothes it just stays for more than a day easily. And who needs an in-your-face wood bomb right ? With this level of dryness, I think performs well.
Overall this is a masterpiece, and god forbid if it is discontinued someday, I think people will consider it amongst the legends like Gucci Rush and PH 1.
kolob88 – :
A fantastic fragrance. So many woody notes could make this one become too dark and too heavy but its not. There is a fine coolness due to that cool cypress which is the key to make this thing not go down the very dark and depressed rout. Instead its very classy, warm but at the same time you always feel the presence of that cooling cypress and its balancing role in this. Sandalwood however is the bread and butter of this fragrance.
xseed5 – :
Smells like peppercorn. I feel like a Porterhouse steak.
Lana – :
Despite this containing all the notes I adore, there’s something in it preventing me from declaring it my woody holy grail.
There is something sweet underlying the experience. And admittedly, I abhor sweet. I cant put my finger on it but it makes the fragrance a bit too warm for my liking. I can see the appeal. I certainly love the notes of cedar and sandalwood. But ultimately I’m holding out for a cooler rendition.
soczystymensa – :
A Iso E Super bomb plus “Oudene” (so I call the super synth oud) that’s it.
Well built, smell nice, but it is the tipical smell outhere. Into roads, clubs, parties there always someone who smell like this or in a similar way.
Years ago maybe it was original now is is just common.
egoruk11 – :
BTW!
The video for this on this website is insanely creepy lmao!
Don’t let the video reflect the character of this fragrance lol
andreshukluyj – :
MY SIGNATURE SCENT!!
This, along with Marc Jacobs Bang! are my favorite fragrances on the planet! Yes, the PLANET!
Wonderwood, is an excellent fragrance for any occasion in my opinion. I wear it for casual, I wear it for dinner, I wear it out at night to social events. It’s bone dry-spicy-wood and that’s what I love!
The opening is that of fresh cut woods, bright, clean, bright spices….that dries down to an intoxicating mixture of dry woods and spices, slightly smokey, there is subtle “freshness” in the background, but it’s complemented by warm enveloping woods.
This is a complex fragrance, non-linear…at final dry-down you’re left with smokey-wood, and spice and it lasts all day, although this is my second bottle of Wonderwood and I definitely think they have batch variation, this one did not last as long and I purchased this from CDG itself…as I did the other one. Sillage is medium to high depending on the temperature of your body….I notice in warmer weather, this projects really well, in colder weather, you get more dryness from the wood and more sharp-freshness from the spices.
This fragrance was my first niche fragrance and is what initially catapulted me into the world of fragrances, it has formed the basis for what I like in almost all fragrances and I always reflect back on it when I compare other fragrances.
To me….the closest comparisons to this would be Marc Jacobs Bang, CDG Wonderoud (almost identical, with a bit more rich Oud note), Creed Spice and Wood (although softer and brighter due to the apple and other green notes). Also…this is a bad comparison, but there are elements in Montale Dark Aoud that are similar to Wonderwood…but I can’t stand Dark Aoud….so I don’t want to directly compare them.
If you’re looking for dry, woody fragrance that won’t have you smelling like a lumberjack, then this is your scent! It’s been mine and I will always love it.
anarxist-01 – :
Intense woody notes with added vetiver for freshness – not bad at all.
The opening bergamot burst lasts a good 15-20 minutes after which the intense wood notes come in. The pepper joins the opening to give it a kick for some time with just a pinch of juniper and after this you get a great rich cedar and sandalwood woody drydown mixed with vetiver that just lasts and lasts. Oud is lingering very discretely in the background and gives the impression of the wood being cut or sanded – very well executed. The heart notes are easily recognizable as the CdG signature – or Guerlinade if you will. There is an air of familiar coziness to this scent that I can’t define, it sorta just makes me feel “at home” somehow.
Overall, very pleasing and easy to wear. Projection could be better but longevity is awesome. FB worthy indeed
KirillStratus – :
I’m wondering if the batches are noticeably different from one to the next. I say this because I see notes about long duration and strong sillage — I have to disagree.
I find that the short duration of Wonderwood is its Achille’s heel. Honestly, if it weren’t for that, this would be my all-time favorite scent. I can’t get enough of it (which is kind of the problem). It’s a mad frenzy of woods, synthetic and natural, that just works.
mecheni – :
Almost a full day of longevity with moderate sillage. Got wood?
Dionisious – :
I love,love,love this scent. Had it my signature for a short time. I just can’t leave it there because of sillage, and longevity.
It’s s shame. This is the epidimy of the current trend of excellent quality of scents with poor performance.Oud Wood being another. I even tried today to make it last using two full sprays on all the typical places, for a total of eight, and still only got 2 or 3 hrs, with no trail. It’s frustrating, considering the prices charged these days. My greatest hope is that CDG reads some of these reviews, and releases a extreme version, or an extract.
Enough negativity. I will always have a bottle, because this is an amazing smell. Everyone should at least try a sample. It really is a Wood of Wonder. Trust me,
I speak for the trees.
natarik – :
Pleasant wood blend but the sillage is so weak cant justify spending $$ on this. 3 sprays and i have to have my hand practically touching my nose to pick up anything. A shame, because if it was stronger i would definitely have considered fb worthy.
Does anybody else have a similar problem with this scent?
RedeUnibe – :
Wonderwood is about as woody as it gets. It showcases all kinds of freshly carpentered dry woods, with pleasant sillage and excellent longevity. This warm and cosy, heavily woody, slightly balsamic and peppery fragrance takes me right back to grandpa’s old woodwork and tool shed in the basement 🙂
poxxxer – :
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Scent & Qualiy: 9/10
Longevity: 6/10
Sillage: 6/10
Creativity & Uniqueness: 8/10
Affordability: 6/10
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Overall: 7/10
djsega777 – :
My favorite woody fragrance of all time. Just about every wood you can imagine, blended to perfection, sanded down to be buttery smooth, and dusted with some black pepper and other soft spices. Just gorgeous.
to-to – :
Bought a set of 3 miniature bottles (9ml) of CdG (others are 2 and AmazinGreen) and this one has become my favourite!
Like Diptyque’s Tam Dao, this reminds me of old temples in Kyoto Japan, also it feels as if stepping into woodcraftsman’s workshop where there’s a lot of fresh sawdust on the floor.
The longevity is OK but the sillage is very gentle. Unlike what people say, I’d like to wear this during spring and summer because I can trace no sweetness – in one word, very refreshing & sharp fragrance.
Thinking of buying a full bottle in the near future.
udin233 – :
As a big fan of vetiver (in fact, all my favourite colognes are vetiver-based) this is another beauty in the same vein. Not as dark as Encre Noire (the high standard which no other vetiver frag can compare to) this is a little ‘sweeter’, but still a strong contender.
Love it!
edit: Smells a lot like Montale Greyland (the ‘peppery’ vibe). Both amazing fragrances.
lor72 – :
For me thats a cloying and really synthetic one. Don’t like this cheap (the thing costs undeservedly high) fragfrance on me at all. Not a blind buy Imo.
shmal26 – :
Wood, real wood, not just something woody.
Smelling Comme des Garcons Wonderwood is like stepping into a cabinet maker’s workshop. It smells wood, freshly crafted wood.
Pepper, incense and nutmeg just strengthen the impression of wood – a generic, non specific spices. Cedar is there but does not in anyway dominate.
Wonderwood is different . It stands out from other woody scents by being just this, wood.
To me it is a beautiful and very wearable everyday scent.
fullvip – :
A fantastic and post-modern surreal bouquet of natural and synthetic woods. Cashmeran (IFF), Javanol (Givaudan) and Iso E Super (IFF) are the skeleton of the fragrance, Cedarwood, Vetiver, some Patchouli and Spices flesh out the perfume and create the warm ambience of a carpenter’s workshop. This fragrance has a distinguished oilyness at the top (lumberjack grease), but that soon fades into the heart and base, where all the facets of wood are explored from the bark, to the complex smell of freshly felled timber, to the polished planks, to the fragrant sawdust that graces the floors of a timber mill. Wonderful fragrance, wonderwood!
tag575 – :
If you like woody fragrances, then choose this one. It literally smells like sawdust, really woody (the name of the fragrance says it all). Really masculine, would fit a strong, manly man. As someone who loves forests, this just puts me in one when I smell it. It projects well and lasts for a moderate amount of time. A wood fragrance lover should definitely have this.
ulahan – :
so poor Longevity and Sillage . but this is true wood, i love it
8/10
persuin – :
This starts off with almost a breathy note. Like literal breath, the breath of someone attractive, of someone who excites you by being that close. It is surrounded by wood, soft cedary smells, oud, patchouli maybe?
Smells like somebody sexy snuck up behind you in a forest, wrapped their cashmere-clad arms around you and whispered “hello” into your ear.
Xeroxhxeyc – :
I agree with Sir Charles. Super versatile and manly. Not a feminine note in the pyramid or smell. It’s not a dark or bright vetiver, it’s somewhere in between. Vetiver is the most noticeable not IMO supported very good buy all the other macho notes. It’s spicy, woody, green and outdoorsy. Could make a great signature scent for the adventurous type as performance is excellent. Top 5 vetiver stuff guys!!
rusik444 – :
If someone would tell me that there is a scent that can remind me of both Lalique Encre Noir and Creed Aventus, at the same time, I would rise my eyebrow spitefully. Aventus minus the pineapple note? Like the smokier batches of Aventus. It accomplishes that resemblance in my mind by having a lot of dusty woods (cedar, sandalwood, cypress) and velvety cashmere. Hmmm, go figure it out. Maybe its just my olfactory senses gone mad today 🙂
I love the scent. Excellent job!
My rating: 8 out of 10
EDIT:
After few wearings, I would say that this reminds my now almost entirely to Encre Noir. So it must have been my olfactory senses gone mad that day.
buren 4 – :
Black pepper and wood. Smooth, authentic pepper and wood. Surprisingly versatile, warm enough for winter, cool enough for summer, great for casual, but I also think it could be dressed up and could come off very elegant due to the extremely high quality. Projects pretty well, a friend of mine noticed it from a few feet away saying “man, you smell MANLY”. My favorite woody-spicy of all time.
shkodkin – :
This is not woodsy. Or woody. It’s actually WOOD. As in real wood, like a recently sawn log or slab of timber, dry sawdust on the floor all around…
Because I am drawn to unusual and distinctive (not generic) fragrances at the moment, I love this one. I have chosen this over CdG2Man which I tried on at the same time – and it smelled like nothing new or special in comparison.
I don’t mind smelling like a tree. Being human is overrated anyway …
alexroam – :
I like this, I really do, it’s certainly unisex and enjoyable, but I own and love Tom Ford Santal Blush and at first I kind of get the same kind of vibe with this one. It does change and cedar, Woody notes come through but something niggles me enough to say ” yea, it’s ok but there’s no wow factor for me and I prefer my Santal blush. It is a pleasant fragrance but not one I will look to replace in the future.
EDIT: I’ve given this one to my hubby and it smells amazing on him!
bekbek – :
Very woodsy fragrance with a powerful cedar and a touch powdery very easy to use and want.
All this mixture is virtually identical to Tumulte by Lacroix and with all my respects completely dispensable of perfumistic panorama not because it brings nothing new or original o make me think otherwise.
You do not need if you have already used Tumulte.
Rating: 4
phon2008 – :
Honestly this smells a bit on the feminine side (on my skin). Yes, it does smell like the lumber isle of Home Depot, but it isn’t a dry woody scent. To me it is is better described by the words: soft, smooth, and clean. I thought this would smell way different before I tested it. It isn’t bad, but I don’t think it’s super masculine, definitely not for me though.
mihalych147 – :
This fragrance was made for me!!!! I feel like I finally had the missing link to my collection!!!!! This will be my top 5 for a very long time as not much can top this masterpiece!!!!!
Jeceferty – :
This is my Mums signature scent and it smells so bloody incredible like who decided this was for men
ХаОс-09 – :
Super woody, clean, confident and modern fragrance. Cypress and cedar with amazing powdery dry down.
Ten hours lasting, bit more than moderate sillage.
Lovely to wear in the late afternoon or evening and going to visit an exhibition somewhere in the city centre.
SHATRUSY – :
This is not just all about woods, it’s as much about pepper and spices as about wood. The 3 main notes that make a great accord are, a very aromatic madagascar pepper, nutmeg and cypress. There is a smoky vetiver, there is a richness to it, I would have guessed balsamic resins, but none listed. There is a sweetness that nicely balances, the pepper and sharp woody notes.
So here’s what happened. I was fasting from fragrances for a week, before Easter. I was thinking which of my 40 will I want to wear after not having worn frags for a week, well the answer is, you know it, Wonderwood. Cypress is my favorite woody note, and this fragrance is built around cypress for me. The pepper, spices and incense seem to carry, or accentuate the cypress and make it aromatically, pungently delicious. It’s not gourmandise at all, it’s very dry, but so aromatically pleasing, even the pepper is nice.
It’s wonderfully crafted, blended, complex fragrance. The nutmeg, aromatic pepper make for a beautifully spicy accord with the cypress. Then the other woods come in. It’s like a good cheff who starts with a great cut of meat, and then he does his magic to create an extraordinary delicious meat. This fragrance just starts with some great woods, then the parfumer has wonderfully worked his craft, to produce an olfactory delicacy.
It does transport me to a coniferous, cypress forest. It is going into my top 5 for the Spring. I thought this was just a winter frag, but I’m loving it in the Springtime. At $140/ 100ml is a good value for what you get.
Some of you may know the Dutch fragrance reviewer, Geurenland. He has tried 1000’s of niche fragrances and has great reviews on YouTube. His review is 25 spots or so below. Wonderwood is his signature fragrance, and he said the fragrance is more about the spices than woods for him…
Rating: 9.5/10
Happy Easter. John 3:16.
nike free run – :
As the name suggests, it is a woody scent, cedar coming to the fore, then pine notes. It is quite nice – I like it. In fact, I like it better than Le Labo Chant de Bois, which was previously my woodsy favorite, and almost as much as Creed’s Royal Oud, which costs more than three times as much. And it is so much better than Mugler’s Pure Wood. I want a bottle someday.
However, again, longevity on me is an issue.
I detect no citrus.
Deroxxcrsm – :
در این اثر اشاره زیادی به نت های چوبی شده است. در حالیکه به اعتقاد من این بوها آنقدر در هم آمیخته اند که تفکیک بوی چوب در آن خیلی راحت نیست! اگر در این اثر بصورت زلال و شفاف دنبال بوی چوب باشید، یقین بدانید در اشتباهید! در مجموع کار گرم و تلخ هست با ماندگاری و پخش خوب.
Dima12345 – :
The first CdG fragrance I actually like. Wonderwood is a sweet, mellow nutmeg and cypress scent with a backing track of manly woody notes giving rugged substance and texture. It feels very clean, but not as squeaky or obviously synthetic as some other scents in this line. The vetiver has that slight pinch of wet paint, which together with a touch of citrus gives a pleasant tart freshness.
Later, the sweet nutmeg and fatty sandalwood remind me of the main accord in Lubin “Bluff”, which you should check out of you like this.
Longevity and projection are not terrific however, so I wouldn’t consider buying a bottle, but it is a very pleasant wear, for casual daytime.
supermarry – :
The individual nature of body chemistry and its interaction with perfume never ceases to amaze me: Wonderwood is a prime example of this wonderment.
For me, the opening is almost non-existent, its seems as though it’s an eau de cologne concentration not an eau de parfum. But then, as it warms up, it comes on strong, very strong.
I like my scents to be deep, dark and heavy; with bass and baritone voices singing the loudest — sport, fresh and aqua are not in my repertoire. Wonderwood is a tenor but I dig what it brings to the show, a lot.
On me, Wonderwood projects like there’s no tomorrow, it’s like a 10,000 watt floodlight carving a hole through the fog. It goes on like this for a good 10 hours until it burns itself out in a near-instantaneous fashion. I’m used to some potent stuff but this brew is up there with the best of the stinkers.
I get none of the spices, incense or citrus from it — this is a plus point, I bought Wonderwood because I want wood, lots of wood. And the choice of woods in this liquor are right up my street. No pine or sawdust here. Sandalwood is the key player accompanied by vetiver and cedar, with three or four more arboreal backing singers who chime in now and again for the chorus. The performance is completed by cashmeran who envelopes this rock ensemble in an oh so sweet, musky haze.
Wonderwood is top-drawer offering from Comme des Garçons: a no nonsense scent for a no nonsense bloke.
snegpg – :
A great wood fragrance. I mean wood aroma like Home Depot aisle 9 where the 2×4 s are and they have just came in from the saw mill. Fresh wood. It’s a great concept. It’s a great smell and when blended correctly, it can be such a great experience. Complements seem to come with these types of fragrances more for some reason. I am not a big fan of this house like most people are and I believe that is because they are mainly known and respected for their incense fragrances which I am not in to much. I haven’t smelt wonderoud yet, but I have this and 2man and this is much much better. It’s in the same vein as tam dao with more spices and pepper fresh wood. 2man let me down bc people compare it to Gucci pour homme one and that’s so far from the truth and it’s so weak in longevity and projection. There’s a few more from this house I want to sample Red Sequia being top on my list, but so far I enjoy this one the most and if you like real wood smelling fragrances, then please just try this bc it’s very well done for the money.
Overall 8/10
akm31051972 – :
Wonderwood opens with bergamot and a blast of spicy blended woods, bolstered by a soft, creamy cashmeran and sandalwood middle and base. The vetiver is quite pronounced and reminds me of the way vetiver is used in Sycomore, though I dare say I like this more synthetic fragrance better because it somehow seems fuller and cozier to my nose—more filled-out. The cushiony base reins in the cedarwood, cypress, and vetiver, which would otherwise be too sharp for my taste.
Longevity and sillage are better than average, and this scent reminds me a lot of fall. If you like lots of wood with a smooth base, and don’t mind the less-than-natural take on the ingredients listed, this one is for you.
automann – :
It’s just a class of it’s own. Whereas all other scents i have smell like perfume – this one is simply special. Definitely an everyday’s scent, because i just don’t wan’t to be to pushy with how i smell. This one is very subtle but still elegant, young and fresh. Besides Molecule 1 my absolute favorite!
strannikls – :
I personally find this to be a much better fragrances than 2man, the wood notes are blended much better. There’s only one problem I have with this house….longevity and projection on my skin is much much worse than many average quality edts.. Therefore I leave this and will not be purchasing a full bottle
zpokolys – :
I like this scent and I would love this scent if it lasted longer on me. Right off the top I get Cedar and Cypress and as it fades down There is a citrus note that comes into play along with